Key-fastener.



F. D. JOHNSON.

- KEY FASTENER. mmm 2mm JAN. 10, 1910.

976,807. Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

E02??? 7 mwawx 1???? WWW/0i} wa m FRANK D. JOHNSON, OF WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS.

' KEY-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 10, 1910.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

Serial No. 537,114.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK D. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at lVorcester, in the county of Worcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Key-Fastener, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a fastener for a key to be used while the keyis in the lock to prevent the turning or removal of the key.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a simple andconvenient form of key fastener suitable to be made of a single integralpiece of wire having a firm hook thereon formed of doubled wire and ashank of additional firmness and provided with two legs connected withthe shank so that these legs can be passed through a key having two eyesor a slot therein.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a front elevation of a portion of a door showing the key in crosssection, with a preferred form of the fastener therein, and Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the fastener.

This fastener is made of a single piece of wire bent double at thecenter to form a loop or tongue 10. Both legs of this loopare bent at 11to form a hook projecting from the main body 12 of the device. This mainbody consists of two parallel strands of wire in a plane at right anglesto the surface of the door extending down from the/top of the hook andtwisted together at 13 so as to form a firm and secure body. The lowerends of the strands below the twists are separated to form parallellongitudinal legs 14:. These legs are sufficiently far apart to enterthe eyes 15 of a key 16 and hold the same in position while the hookhangs over the shank 17 of the door knob.

In order to present an obstacle to the lifting of the holder, and tomake it hang straight it is provided with an inward bend 18.

From what has been said it will be seen that although the two legs havetheir ends free and unobstructed and are especially designed to enterthe eyes of a key, they can be used in a slotted key with equal safetyand at the same time the body of the device is very securely made onaccount of the twists in the material. On account of having the two legs14 in a plane parallel with the plane of the door. and perpendicular tothe plane of the body portion 12, and in fact of all the parts of thehook, it will be seen that any attempt to turn the key will meet with avery strong resistance which will be transmitted through the twistedportion to the hook and that the latter, being in a perpendicular plane,will prevent the whole device from being transversely bent out of shape.On account of the great strength of the device in proportion to the sizeof the wire employed and the simple way in which it is made andstrengthened, it can be made with exceeding cheapness, and in factsmaller sizes of wire can be used than has been the case with fastenersfor this purpose heretofore in use.

While I have illustrated and described a preferred form of theinvention, I am aware that many modifications can be made therein by anyperson skilled in the art without departing from the scope of theinvention as expressed in the claims.

Having thus fully described my inven' tion, what I desire to claim andsecure by Letters Patent is 1. As an article of manufacture, a keyholder comprising a hook consisting of a wire bent double and formedinto a hook with a front and rear portion thereof in parallel planes andhaving its ends arranged in the form of a pair of separated legs withtheir ends unobstructed, said legs being in a plane perpendicular to andbetween the planes of the parts of said hook and rigidly connectedtherewith, and a portion between the hook and legs being twistedtogether to form a firm body connection between them.

2. As an article of manufacture, a key holder comprising a pair ofparallel legs adapted to be inserted into a pair of eyes in a key, saidlegs being twisted together above to form a body and having extendingupa V i 976,807

wardly therefrom in a plane at right angles 7 In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set to the plane of the two legs a body portion my hand,in the presence of two subscribing bent around at the end t0 form a;hook for witnesses.

resting on a shaftof a door knob, and pro- FRANK D. JOHNSON. vided withan inward bend just below the Witnesses:

hook for preventing the'holder from being ALBERT E. FAY,

raised. H G. FoRREsT VVEssoN.

